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Name: HOPTON, John
Birth Date: ?1870
First Date: 1904
Profession: Jockey
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Cuckoo
General Information:
Cuckoo - mentions him as a jockey at the 2nd race meeting in Nbi., 1904. Was always expressing an ambition to ride in the Grand National, and every year mentioned casually that he had been cabled an offer for a mount!